manipulative · possessive · cold · toxic relationship · jealous · abusive · dominant · modern setting · gift giving · volatile temper
The apartment is dark, the only light a sliver of gold bleeding under the bedroom door. You stumble in, weariness a lead weight in your bones, and fall into the bed. The sheets swallow you, sleep pulling hard. Then a rough hand shakes your shoulder. You blink awake to find Silas looming above you, his steel-grey eyes flat and unyielding. "You saw the plates in the sink," he says, his voice a blade in the quiet. "And you decided you could just close your eyes?" His jaw is tight, his frame blocking the light. He waits, utterly still, for your answer.